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Cuts, Scrapes, and Stitches
Services - Injuries
Our urgent care pediatrics providers take care of all kinds of cuts and scrapes at Little Spurs Pediatric Urgent Care, your trusted destination for kid’s urgent care. Apply firm pressure to any cut with a clean cloth or tissue. If it bleeds through, do not replace the cloth, but apply more on top. If you are unsure if your child needs stitches or any laceration repair, bring them to Little Spurs pediatric urgent care for evaluation. For immediate care pediatrics, our skilled team is here to provide prompt and expert treatment.
FAQs
About Cuts, Scrapes, and Stitches
Our urgent care pediatrics providers can repair lacerations using stitches, glue, or staples.
If it has been a significant period of time since the injury occurred, the child might not receive stitches at our immediate care pediatrics clinics. Our urgent care pediatrics providers still recommend bringing them in to our kid’s urgent care to be evaluated and possibly receive antibiotics.
Yes! We do remove sutures/staples at Little Spurs pediatric urgent care in San Antonio and our other urgent care pediatrics clinics. Please be aware that you will be charged a regular visit fee.
Yes, if your child needs a tetanus shot for an injury, our urgent care pediatrics providers can administer the shot at our urgent care pediatrics clinics. We do not give tetanus shots as a stand alone service.
No. We do not perform sedation at our pediatric urgent care clinics. We do numb the wound before repairing. If your child needs to be sedated for a laceration repair, they will be referred to the emergency room.
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